Analysis of Goodbye Sheryl
Tailor made in fine apparel
Square of chin and muscle bound
He took my girl, his name was Darryl
Material fellow, a common ground
He was the toy she thought she needed
I knew it would not pass the test
He loved her mirror more than she did
She rubbed some sun oil on his chest
They were the prettiest pair at the bar
The waiters flocked with charm
He wore a codpiece and a bra
She fled with great alarm
A few days into the great escape
She knocked at my front door
I was polite and smiled at her
Said, she shouldn't return anymore
Time passed by and I met Beryl
A well read, home spun girl so plain
I remember the days with shallow Sheryl
And thank god she went back to Spain
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD XEXE AFAF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10101010 1110101 111111110 0100100101 110111110 11111101 110101111 11111111 1001001101 010111 1101001 111101 011010101 111111 11010110 11100101 11101110 01111111 10100111010 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 690 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on February 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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